Armrest lock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9920782-B2
Application number	US-201414526165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Jul 2, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

An armrest lock may include a lever coupled to one side of the sliding cover, a rod provided in the sliding cover such that one side thereof is coupled to the lever, a trigger coupled to the other side of the rod and configured to operate in response to a motion of the lever, and a locking element coupled to the opening door and the armrest body and configured to be unlocked from at least one of the opening door and the armrest body when coming into contact with the trigger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An armrest lock, in which an armrest includes an armrest body, an opening door provided on the armrest body, and a sliding cover, the armrest lock comprising:
a lever coupled to one side of the sliding cover;
a rod mounted to the sliding cover, wherein the sliding cover is slidably provided on the opening door and configured to slide between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the opening door, and one side of the rod is coupled to the lever;
a trigger coupled to the other side of the rod and configured to operate in response to a motion of the lever; and
a locking element coupled to the opening door and configured to engage the armrest body so as to selectively lock the opening door to the armrest body and configured to be selectively engaged by the trigger, wherein when the sliding cover is in the extended position the locking element is configured to be unlocked from the armrest body when coming into contact with the trigger,
wherein the opening door is provided, on an upper portion thereof, with a pair of rod rails along a movement direction of the rod, and the other side of the rod is provided with a pair of rod-side projections to be coupled with the pair of rod rails, and
wherein the locking element is provided, on one side thereof, with a protrusion; and
wherein one side of the lever is rotatably coupled to the sliding cover and is provided with an extension, wherein when the sliding cover is in the retracted position the extension can be brought into contact with the protrusion of the locking element when the lever rotates to unlock the opening door from the armrest body.

2. The armrest lock according to claim 1 , wherein one side of the locking element is rotatably coupled to the opening door and another side of the locking element is configured to be releasable engaged with the armrest body.

3. The armrest lock according to claim 2 , wherein the locking element is formed into a pair of branched parts at the one side of the locking element.

4. The armrest lock according to claim 3 , wherein the rod passes between the pair of branched parts of the locking element.

5. The armrest lock according to claim 1 , wherein one side of the trigger is coupled to the rod and another side is bent towards the locking element.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Nifco Korea Inc
• Dongkook Ind Co Ltd
• Dongkook Inc Co Ltd

Inventors

• An Jae Hyun
• Jang Tae Su
• Jeong In Chan

Classifications

• B60N2/773

  Longitudinal adjustment · CPC title

• B60N2/78

  post or panel mounted · CPC title

• Y10T403/599

  Spring biased manipulator · CPC title

• B60N2/753 Primary

  movable to an inoperative position · CPC title

• F16B7/0473 Primary

  with hook-like parts gripping, e.g. by expanding, behind the flanges of a profile · CPC title